Matt Ridley, best-selling author of The Rational Optimist, explains how innovation will help the world return to prosperity after the COVID-19 pandemic. Ridley’s latest book is titled How Innovation Works. Ridley offered these comments during an episode of the John Locke Foundation’s “HeadLocke” podcast.
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Holiday staff shortages hit the service industry hard
The NCRLA compiled hiring data from Lightcast and Indeed and found that since the beginning of October, approximately 2,134 restaurant jobs have opened up in the Triangle area alone. This development may come as a surprise to some due to the state’s historically low unemployment rate of 3.4%.